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With His Hands (1914)
Short | Short, Drama

With His Hands (1914)

Short | Short, Drama

Through the help of Jennie, the girl he had saved from the hands of the gangsters, John Perriton was enabled to get a position as a riveter's helper in the construction company in which Jennie was employed. So Perriton, still under his ...See moreThrough the help of Jennie, the girl he had saved from the hands of the gangsters, John Perriton was enabled to get a position as a riveter's helper in the construction company in which Jennie was employed. So Perriton, still under his alias of "John Pottle" entered upon new duties, which were as strenuous as they were unfamiliar. Shortly after Perriton's arrival at the works, much trouble was caused by the unwarrantable discharge of several of the employees. Recognizing John's intellectual superiority, the men chose him as a spokesman to express their grievances to their employers. Carter, the head of the works, was a hard, unjust man with no regard for the rights of the men working under him. When John courteously told him of the men's grievances, he cursed him roundly and ordered him back to work. Realizing the power a man of John's type would gain among the men, Carter called a private detective, Brownson, and ordered him to discover some pretext on which John might be discharged. He dared not discharge the man without any reason, because he knew that it would take very little in the existing state of discontent to precipitate a general strike. Brownson's scheme to ruin John Pottle was very simple: He took a piece of dynamite and put it in John's lunch basket. Then he complained to the police inspector that he suspected John of a plot to blow up part of the works. But Jennie, owing to her position in the company's office, had learned of the plot and managed to extract the stick of dynamite from the lunch basket. When John was seized and searched, no incriminating evidence of any sort was found upon him. Jennie told him of the plot, and John set out post-haste to interview Brownson. He found him on the top girder of the great building the company was constructing. Brownson attacked him with a hammer, and a fierce hand-to-hand conflict followed. Brownson was the stronger man, and gradually forced John over the edge. At last John lost his last finger-hold and fell. Brownson lost his balance and fell after him. Luckily, John was saved from Brownson's fate by striking another girder. After he had been taken to the hospital, Jennie sent for Mary Wales, the girl for whose sake John had given up everything in life. But when Mary came to the hospital and saw Jennie bending tenderly above John, she did not understand, and silently went away. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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9 cast members

Name	Known for
Marc McDermott John Perriton John Perriton See fewer	He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
Barry O'Moore Nelson Wales Nelson Wales See fewer	Frederick the Great (1914)
Miriam Nesbitt Mary Wales Mary Wales See fewer	The Declaration of Independence (I) (1911)
Marjorie Ellison Jennie Jennie See fewer	The Man Who Disappeared (1914)
Harry Linson President Carter of the Construction Company President Carter of the Construction Company See fewer	The Gates of Eden (1916)
Joseph Manning Earle - Superintendent of the Construction Company Earle - Superintendent of the Construction Company See fewer	The Screaming Shadow (1920)
Floyd France Detective Brownson Detective Brownson See fewer	Putting the Bee in Herbert (1917)
George D. Melville Foreman O'Rourke Foreman O'Rourke See fewer	The Gates of Eden (1916)
Warren Cook Police Inspector Police Inspector See fewer	Seven Keys to Baldpate (1917)